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Big blasts shake downtown Tripoli

Heavy explosions late Sunday shook the centre of Tripoli as warplanes overflew the Libyan capital, AFP journalists ...

Kuwait gives $180 million to Libyan rebels

Kuwait on Sunday gave 50 million dinars ($180 million) to the Libyan opposition Transitional National Council (TNC), ...

Russia calls on Libya to comply with U.N.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi to implement United ...

Kadhafi forces losing in Misrata: captured troops

Loyalist forces are losing their grip in the battle with rebels in Libya`s besieged western city of Misrata and their ...

Pope urges "diplomacy, dialogue", not arms in Libya

Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged "diplomacy and dialogue" instead of arms in Libya and prayed that "human dignity may ...

French journalist seriously wounded in Misrata

A French journalist was seriously wounded late Saturday in the besieged eastern Libyan rebel-held city of Misrata, ...

US carries out first drone strike in Libya: Pentagon

The United States carried out its first drone strike in Libya on Saturday, the Pentagon said, two days after approving ...

New strikes as Libya vows to leave Misrata to tribes

NATO launched fresh air raids on the Libyan capital Saturday as Moamer Kadhafi`s government said it was ready to ...

Libya says NATO hits near Gaddafi compound, 3 dead

Three people were killed on Saturday in a NATO airstrike that hit a carpark near Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi`s Bab ...

U.S. begins using armed drones in Libya, Gates says

The United States is using armed Predator drones in Libya to target Muammar Gaddafi`s forces with the approval of ...

Nato raid killed civilians: Libya state media

A number of civilians were killed in NATO air strikes on Thursday on the Libyan town of Gharyan, 90 kilometres (55 ...

Kadhafi son "very optimistic" about victory: TV

Saif al-Islam, the son of Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi, said Tuesday he was "very optimistic" that his father`s ...

Thousands of Libyans flee remote western area-report

Some 11,000 Libyans have fled a remote and mountainous western region, where government forces are fighting rebels, ...

Rebels say Gaddafi forces bombard Misrata, six killed

Muammar Gaddafi`s forces bombarded Misrata heavily for a fourth day on Sunday, rebels said, and evacuees said ...

Kadhafi forces pound rebels West of Ajdabiya

Libyan government forces pounded rebels at Ajdabiya`s western gate with heavy artillery on Sunday, prompting some ...